20 C.F.R. § 10.15
May compensation rights be waived?
No employer or other person may require an employee or other claimant to enter into any agreement, either before or after an injury or death, to waive his or her right to claim compensation under the FECA. No waiver of compensation rights shall be valid.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2025 · leading case: Patricia Wise v. Robert Wilkie, Sec'y, 955 F.3d 430 (5th Cir. 2020).
Patricia Wise v. Robert Wilkie, Sec'y, 955 F.3d 430 (5th Cir. 2020). “Wise also points to 20 C.F.R. § 10.15 , which states, “No employer or other person may require an employee or other claimant to enter into any agreement .”
Pryor v. United States, 85 Fed. Cl. 97 (Fed. Cl. 2008). “Plaintiff cites to 20 C.F.R. § 10.15 to support her argument that the Army breach *105 ed the Settlement Agreement by requiring plaintiff to waive her workers’ compensation rights, and by failing to advise her that she was eligible for priority consideration for reemployment…”
Schmidt v. Shah, 696 F. Supp. 2d 44 (D.D.C. 2010). “See 20 C.F.R. § 10.15 (“No employer or other person may require an employee or other claimant to enter into any agreement, either before or after an injury or death, to waive his or her right to claim compensation under the FECA.”
Wise v. McDonough (S.D. Miss. 2025). “Wise then moved for reconsideration [63], arguing for the first time in rebuttal that the Secretary’s construction violated 20 C.F.R. § 10.15 . Pl.’s Rebuttal [68] at 3.”
Schmidt v. Fore (D.D.C. 2010). “See 20 C.F.R. § 10.15 (“No employer or other person may require an employee or other claimant to enter into 20 Schmidt does not specifically request injunctive relief in his Complaint or identify specific agency actions he would seek to compel.”
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